Wabash Railroad Historical Society: Historical photos

Trains

The Bluebird northbound to Chicago at Millikin University in Decatur, IL. - from Wabash Railroad publicity photos

The Bluebird crossing over Lake Decatur. - from Wabash Railroad publicity photos

Looking south, the Bluebird at Decatur, IL on its inaugural trip; February 26, 1950. Note the gates in the lower right that protected the IC tracks. Also the wooden tower in the NW corner of the crossing was razed and replaced by a brick structure (WABIC tower) in the SW corner. - from Wabash Railroad publicity photos

City of St. Louis in Forest Park, St. Louis

The City of St. Louis on its maiden run in Forest Park, St. Louis, heading toward Union Station. - from Wabash Railroad publicity photos

The City of St. Louis in Forest Park, St. Louis in 1958 or 1959. - from Vince Andrzejewski collection

Wabash City of LKansas City departing St. Louis Union Station

The City of Kansas City departing Union Station, St. Louis in February 1959. - from Vince Andrzejewski collection

The City of Kansas City.

Wabash City of Kansas City in Forest Park

The City of Kansas City in Forest Park, St. Louis.

Monticello Railway Museum Wabash F7 No. 1189

Restored Wabash F7 No. 1189 owned by the Monticello Railway Museum in Decatur, IL.

The Cannonball departing Union Station, St. Louis in 1958 or 1959. - from Vince Andrzejewski collection

Wabash City of Kansas City at Mexico, MO

The City of St. Louis at Mexico, MO.

The Banner Blue at Bement, IL, crossing under the Illinois Terminal RR tracks in August, 1951.

J-2 class 4-6-2 #1678 at Fort Erie, Ontario in June 1948. Built in 12/1916, scrapped in 10/1951. - from F.J. Bechtel collection

4-4-0 #574. Built in 1882, scrapped in 1913

4-6-2 Baldwin J-1 #675 in St. Louis in the around 1950. Built in 1912, scrapped in 1951.

Train No. 11, the Des Moines Limited from Moberly, got up close & personal with a Des Moines Ry. bus early one morning in the mid-1950's. No one was seriously hurt though. The collision took place at 7 a.m. at the Scott Ave. crossing.

Wabash K-3 2-8-2 #2267 is on the high iron near Dalton, Missouri in this post-war photo.

Westbound City of Kansas City stops at Moberly Union Depot.

Class L-1 2-10-2 No. 2518 poses on the Luther Yard (St. Louis) turntable in this undated photo.

Westbound Wabash freight at Springfield, IL, 8-22-59. Bruce R. Meyer photo.

Wabash President Arthur K. Atkinson looks over F-4 Mogul #573, at the St. Louis Museum of Transportation; July 1955.

Wabash Pres. Arthur K. Atkinson speaks at the ceremony where #573 was donated to the Museum of Transport.

Danville, Illinois. Date & photographer unknown.

Danville, Illinois. Date & photographer unknown.

Streamlined P-1 Hudson #700 poses for an official photo outside the Wabash Shops in Decatur, August 1943. This locomotive was rebuilt in Decatur Shops from former K-5 2-8-2 #2600, and was used specifically on Wabash's crack passenger trains until the mid-1950's.